1st Edition
The Convolutions of Historical Politics
362 Pages
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Central European University Press
Thirteen essays by scholars from seven countries discuss the political use and abuse of history in the recent decades with particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia as case studies), but also includes articles on Germany, Japan and Turkey, which provide a much needed comparative dimension. The main focus is on new conditions of political... Read more
Introduction, Historical Politics: Eastern European Convolutions in the 21st Century, German History Politics and the National Socialist Past, Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance: A Ministry of Memory?, Jedwabne, July 10, 1941: Debating the History of a Single Day, The Memory of Trianon as a Political Instrument in Hungary Today, The “Politics of History” as a Case of Foreign-Policy Making, The “Nationalization” of History in Ukraine, The “Politics of Memory” and “Historical Policy” in Post-Soviet Moldova, Interventions: Challenging the Myths of Twentieth-Century Ukrainian History, Caught Between History and Politics: The Experience of a Moldovan Historian Studying the Holocaust, The Turns of Russian Historical Politics, from Perestroika to 2011, Politics of History in Turkey: Revisionist Historiography’s Challenge to the Official Version of the Turkish War of Liberation (1919–1922), The Politics of History in Contemporary Japan, List of Contributors, Index
Biography
Alexei Miller is recurrent visiting professor, Central European University, Budapest and senior research fellow, Institute for Scientific Information in Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Maria Lipman is editor-in-chief, Pro et Contra Quaterly, Carnegie Foundation, Moscow.
